Census Records
by Natalie Cottrill, 2004
There are a few surviving Hungarian census records. Those that do exist are helpful: 1715, 1720, 1728, 1747, 1770 (nobility only), 1828 (all those with taxable property, excluding nobility), 1848 (Jewish only), 1857 (mostly Budapest residents) and 1869.
Where the census records do not exist, tax lists and directories can help list inhabitants and form census substitutes. The post 1828 Hungarian census records are available at the Family History Library.
Other resources:
- Hungarian Census Returns at the Family History Library (FHL)
- 1828 Magyar Census of Slovakian Villages Cross-Reference List (off site - Adobe.pdf)
- Database of Jews listed in the 1828 Hungarian Census, with sample image of a census page (off site)
- Database of 1848 Hungarian Jewish Census (a.k.a. "Conscriptio Judaerum 1848") (off site)
- 1869 Magyar Census of Slovakia Territories (off site) A listing of villages now in Slovakia that were included in the 1869 Hungarian census, with corresponding FHL Microfilm numbers.
- Template for extracting 1869 Hungarian Census information (off site - MS Excel)
